Conflict & Justice
PRI's The World
March 19, 2015
Two gunmen killed more than 20 people in Tunisia on Wednesday, shocking the country that many people have called the Arab Spring's only meaningful success story. And while most of the dead were tourists, a Tunisian journalist says locals are feeling the deaths strongly.
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Lifestyle & Belief
Sex toy or ISIS? Ever wonder what this black-and-white flag means?
PRI's The World
September 04, 2014
Updated
It's reminiscent of a black-and-white pirate flag and, for some, it conjures up similar feelings of death, destruction, outlaws and violence. Here is our quick explanation of the symbolism of the flag and the meaning of its Arabic phrases.
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Conflict & Justice
Is ISIS a threat on the US border? Some border patrol agents believe it is — but others say not so fast
PRI's The World
September 29, 2014
Some US Border Patrol agents believe the threat from ISIS on the US border is very real. But some southwestern politicians call the contention little more than anti-Islamic fear-mongering, saying the evidence doesn't support claims of ISIS infiltration.
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Conflict & Justice
Turkey's hostage problem is over, but it might stay on the sidelines versus ISIS
PRI's The World
September 22, 2014
Turkey is celebrating the release of 46 hostages by the Islamic State movement. But Turkey still seems unlikely to be able to give its full support to the US alliance against the militants.
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Conflict & Justice
Meet the female colonel leading Kurdish forces into battle against ISIS
PRI's The World
August 07, 2014
Nahida Ahmed Rashid began her military career years ago, fighting for the Kurdish separatist cause. Now she's the highest-ranking woman in the Kurdish peshmerga and squaring off with her troops against Islamic militants who've taken northern Iraq by storm.
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Conflict & Justice
France endures deadly attacks, but can't decide if they're terrorism
PRI's The World
December 22, 2014
Attacks in the French cities of Tours and Dijon over the weekend left pedestrians and police officers dead, and France wondering if radical groups like ISIS are taking the fight into their cities. But despite the attackers' seeming links to radical Islam, the jury is still out.
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Conflict & Justice
Meet the surfing grandfather from Florida who helped the Kurds fight ISIS
PRI's The World
January 26, 2015
One day, Dean Parker was watching the news on TV. The next he was packing up body armor and preparing to fight with Kurdish forces against ISIS militants in Iraq and Syria. Now he's looking for a flight home — and knows he has some explaining to do to the FBI and Homeland Security.
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Conflict & Justice
If you're a kidnapped American hoping for help from the government, 'that isn’t going to happen'
PRI's The World
August 20, 2014
James Foley's kidnapping and murder is a sad trend in the war in Syria, but it's paying off for terrorist groups. They've collected millions of dollars in ransoms, and journalist David Rohde, who spent seven months in Taliban captivity, says current kidnapping policies aren't keeping journalists safe.
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Conflict & Justice
'The Kurds have no friends but the mountains'
PRI's The World
October 08, 2014
With Kurdish fighters in the city of Kobane trapped between ISIS attacks and Turkish indifference, anger inside Turkey is building. Nineteen Kurdish protesters were killed overnight, and it looks like Kobane may still surrender to ISIS despite US airstrikes.
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Conflict & Justice
The 'ultra-violent death cult' at the heart of ISIS
PRI's The World
February 04, 2015
ISIS moves may not make much practical military or political sense, but that violent illogic may be part of the group's appeal to recruits. And despite their errors, they don't appear to be on the verge of defeat any time soon.
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Conflict & Justice
A veteran from Wisconsin explains why he joined the fight against ISIS
PRI's The World
October 21, 2014
Jordan Matson, from Racine, Wisconsin, was once a soldier in the US Army. Today Matson is a volunteer fighter with a Kurdish militia in northern Syria, fighting against ISIS and hoping to bring more Americans over to join the war.